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Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Library of Early Christianity) [Paperback]

Stanley K. Stowers (Author)

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Series: Library of Early Christianity | Publication Date: January 1, 1986

Making use of letters--both formal and personal--that have been preserved through the ages, Stanley Stowers analyzes the cultural setting within which Christianity arose.

The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.

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Making use of letters--both formal and personal--that have been preserved through the ages, Stanley Stowers analyzes the cultural setting within which Christianity arose.

The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.

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Stanley E. Stowers is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press (January 1, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0664250157
ISBN-13: 978-0664250157
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
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A long succession of scholars have immensely enriched our understanding of early Christian letters. Read the first page

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New Testament, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Apollonius of Tyana, William Melmoth, Asia Minor, Clement of Alexandria, The Cynic Epistles, Dio Chrysostom, Egypt Third, Marcus Aurelius, Paulinus of Nola, Saint Basil, Aurelius Dius, Egypt Second, First Corinthians, Augustine Fitzgerald, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Education of the Orator, Egypt Fourth, John Chrysostom, Lord God, Menander Rhetor, North Africa, Plato's Academy

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Moral Letters (Loeb Classical Library) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca on page 29, and page 38
Marcus Aurelius (Loeb Classical Library) by Marcus Aurelius on page 81, and page 82
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